Varanasi panchang, 1 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:06 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam 14:26 – 15:46
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:06 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:15
- Karana Balava until 11:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:27 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:15 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:46
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:40 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 23:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:26 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:06 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:28 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:23 Libra
- 05:23 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:44 Sagittarius
- 09:44 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 13:00 Aquarius
- 13:00 – 14:28 Pisces
- 14:28 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:19 next day Libra
- 05:19 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method